Afghanistan Times

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Security Forces on Saturday started a massive military operation in Raghistan district of Badakhshan province in order to eliminate insurgents in the area, provincial officials said. Taliban insurgents are making all out efforts to turn the district as their strategic stronghold, local official said. “We …

AT-KABUL: After hours of clashes with the security forces which started on Friday night, the Taliban insurgents seized control of strategically important Khanshin district in the southern province of Helmand. Provincial Council Member Bashir Ahmad Shaker said that heavy clashes were still underway between security forces and Taliban militants in …

AT-KABUL: At least 56 Taliban militants were killed and 35others wounded in different crackdowns across the country conducted by Afghan security forces within past 24 hours, security official said on Saturday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense said that National Army with the cooperation of the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior member of Taliban group has told Reuters that a delegation from the group visited China last week earlier this month to discuss the situation in Afghanistan. The source said on condition of anonymity that the delegation was led by Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai, head of …

AT-KABUL: At least 11 passengers died Saturday as a bus plunged into the Kukcha River in the north-eastern province of Badakhshan, provincial officials said. “The incident took place in the area of Khwajah Abdal of Baharak district at 7:00 pm Friday night,” said district governor Abdul Sami Atiq. He said …

A couple of suicide bombers—some reports say one while others believe there were two bombers—apparently targeted the people gathered on Saturday at the Dehmazang crossroad of Kabul to protest what they call ‘government’s injustice’ in routing the power line. Though the Middle East based Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan officially became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) after Meshrano Jirga or Upper House of the Parliament approved the laws required as preconditions for membership, officials said on Friday. Afghanistan has become the 164th member of the organization. “The WTO gives us the opportunity …

AT-KABUL: The Taliban’s spring offensive has shown the insurgents to be bolder as the militant group captured five percent more territory in the country. In its quarterly report to the Congress, released on Friday, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said the insurgent group has gained five …

AT-KABUL: In a report released on Friday, the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan (SIGAR) said that high-profile attacks in Kabul City decreased by 41 percent as compared to the same period of 2015. Referring to the statistics of the United States Department of Defense, the special inspector general said …

AT-KABUL: Head of Human Resource Department of the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the Parliament, Khalillullah Oraikheel, was killed and three others wounded on Friday in an explosion in the capital Kabul. An official at the Wolesi Jirga, Abdul Ghafar, confirmed to Afghanistan Times that the head of the …